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Consolidated  Marine  Engineers  Beneficial  Association 

..No.  33.* 

PORT  OF  NEW  YORK 

1920  WAGE  SCALE 


Award  of  New  York  Harbor  Arbitration  Board 


We,  the  undersigned  representatives  of  Employers  and  Employees 
of  self-propelled  vessels  in  the  Port  of  New  York,  having  been  duly 
constituted  a  Board  of  Arbitration  do  hereby  agree  upon  the  following 
standard  wages  and  working  conditions  in  the  Port  of  New  York,  for 
Masters,  Mates,  Pilots  and  Marine  Engineers. 

CLASSIFICATION 
The  cylinder  diameter  of  the  engine  is  made  the  basis  for  the 
classification  of  the  rates  of  pay  of  Captains  and  Engineers  of  self- 
propelled  vessels. 

a.  Single  cylinders  over  18  in,,  and  compounds,  the  diameter  of 
the  high  pressure  cylinder  of  which  is  14  in.  and  above,  triple  ex- 
pansion engines,  and  twin  screw  boats. 

b.  Single?  cylinders  over  15  ic.  up  to  and  including  IS  in.  and 
compounds  the  diameter  of  the  high  pressure  cylinder  of  which  is 
under  14  in. 

c.  Single  cylinders  up  to  and  including  15  in. 

WAGE  SCALE 
Captains: 

On  single  crew  tugs:     a.  $190.  per  month  and  board. 

b.  180.  per  month  and  board. 

c»  170.  pop  month  and  board. 
Engineers: 

On  single  orew  tugs:     a.     $180.  per  month  and  board. 

b.  170.  per  month  and  board. 

c.  160.  per  month  and  board. 

Licensed   Mates  on  Tugs  doing  Transport  Work: 

$145.  per  month  and  board. 

WORKING  CONDITIONS 

a.  Time  for  starting  day's  work  shall  be  designated  by  the  Em- 
ployer. 

b.  Ten  (10)  consecutive  hours  .shall  constitute  a  day's  work. 

c.  Six  (6)  days  shall  constitute  a  week's  work,  the  day  off  to  be 
determined  by  the  Employer. 

d.  One  week's  vacation  with  pay  shall  be  allowed  to  each  em- 
ployee who  has  been  in  the  service  of  the  Company  for  one 
(1)  year  or  more. 

€.  If  the  boat  is  operated  on  her  seventh  (7th)  day  the  crew  is  to 
receive  a  full  day's  pay  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half. 

I'IBRARY  OP  ECOI^CMIC  RESEARrp 
117    LTRRARY 


If  board  is  not  furnished  by  the  Employer.  85c  Per  day  in  lieu 
thereof  for  six  (6)  days  per  week  or  seven  (7)  days,  if  the  Employee 
does  not  receive  his  day  off.  shall  be  allowed  each  Employee. 

If  the  boat  is  operated  on  New  Year's  Day.  Decoration  J^ay  Fourth 
of  July,  Labor  Day.  Thanksgiving  Day  or  Christmas  Day  the  Employ- 
ees shall  be  compensated  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half,  m  addition 
to  the  regular  day's  pay. 

Time  in  excess  of  ten  (10)  hours  per  day  shall  be  compensated 
for  at  the  following  rates: 

Class  "A"  Monthly        Daily   Daily  Rate  at   Hourly  Rate 

Rate  Rate     Time  and  i^  at  Time  and  i^ 

Captains  $190 $7.28 $10-92 $1.09 

Engineers   180 6.90......  10.35 1.04 

Class  "B" 

Captains    180 6.90 10.35 1.04 

Engineers     170 6.52 9.78 98 

Cass  "C"                                                                           „  „„  .. 

captains    170 6.52 9.8 98 


Engineers 
Licensed      Mates      on 
Transp.,  Tugs    145 


160".'.*.;r.  03 9.20......     .92 


5.56 8.34 83 


GRAIN  ELEVATORS 
WAGE  SCALE 

Captains  $190  per  month  and  board.    Daily  rate,  $7.28 

Engineers  '::..... 180  per  month  and  board.     Daily  rate,     6.90 

WORKING  CONDITIONS 

a.  Time  for  starting  day's  work  shall  be  designated  by  the  Em- 
ployer. 

b.  Ten  (10)  consecutive  hours  shall  constitute  a  day  s  work. 
c     Six  (6)  days  shall  constitute  a  week's  work. 

d.  One  week's  vacation  with  pay,  or  one  week's  pay  in  Ijeu  there^ 
of  shall  be  allowed  each  Employee,  who  has  been  m  the  service  of 
the  Company  for  one  (1)  year  or  more. 

.  e  If  board  is  not  furnished  by  the  Employer,  85c  per  day  in  Ueu 
tkereof  for  sfx  (6)  days  per  week  or  seven  (7)  days,  if  the  Employee 
does  not  receive  his  day  off,  shall  be  allowed  each  Employee, 

If  the  boat  is  operated  on  Sundays,  or  New  Year's  I>ay,'  I^^^^;^" 
tion  Day,  Fourth  of  July,  Labor  Day.  Thanksgiving  Day  or  Chris  mas 
Day,  the  Employees  shall  be  compensated  at  the  rate  of  double  time. 

DOUBLE  CREW  BOATS 

The  words  "DOUBLE  CREW"  shall  be  interpreted  to  mean: 
Boats  operating  24  hours  per  day  on  six  (6)  hour  shifts. 

The  cylinder  diameter  of  the  engine  is  made  the  basis  for  classi- 
fication of  rates  of  pay  for  Captains  and  Engineers. 

Class  '*A" 

Single  cylinders  over  18  in.  in  diameter;  compound  boats,  the  h\gh 
pressure  cylinder  of  which  is  14  in.  and  above,  triple  expansion  en- 
gines and  twin  screw  boats. 


Class  "B"  V 

Single  cylinder  tugs  18  in.  and  under  and  compound  boats,  the 
diameter  of  the  high  pressure  cylinder  of  which  is  under  14  in. 

Captains — Class  "A"    $230.  per  month  and  board. 

Class  "B"   220.  per  month  and  board. 

Engineers — Class  "A"   220.  per  month  and  board. 

Class  "B"   210.  per  month  and  board. 

Pilots  or  Mates  required  to  navigate  the 

boat   200.  per  month  and  board. 

Assistant  Engineers  200.  per  month  and  board. 

WORKING  CONDITIONS 

a.  Six  (6)  days  shall  constitute  a  week's  work. 

b.  Time  in  excess  of  six   (6)   days  per  week  shall  be  compen- 
sated for  at  the  following  rates: 

Class  '*A" 

Monthly        Daily   Daily  Rate  at    Hourly  Rate 
Rate  Rate    Time  and  ^  at  Time  and  i<4 

Captains    $230 $8.82 $13.23 $1.10 

Engineers   220 8.43 12.65 1.05 

Class  "B" 

Captains    220 8.43 12.65 1.05" 

Engineers   210 8.05 12.08 1.00 

Pilots  or  Mates 200 7.67 11.51 96 

Asst.  Engineers    200 7.67 11.51 96 

If  the  boat  is  operated  on  her  seventh  (7th)  day,  the  crew  is  to 
receive  a  full  day's  pay  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half. 

If  the  boat  is  delayed  a  few  hours  on  her  seventh  (7th)  day  com- 
pleting her  sixth  (6th)  day's  work,  the  crew  shall  be  compensated 
for  the  actual  hours  worked  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half. 

One  week's  vacation  with  pay  shall  be  allowed  to  each  Employee 

who  has  been  in  the  service  of  the  Company  for  one  (1)  year  or  more. 

If  board  is  not  furnished  by  the  Employer,  85c  per  day  in,  lieu 

thereof  for  six  (6)  days  or  seven  (7)  days,  if  the  Employee  does  not 

receive  his  day  off,  shall  be  allowed  each  Employee. 

If  the  boat  is  operated  on  New  Year's  Day,  Decoration  Day, 
Fourth  of  July,  Labor  Day,  Thanksgiving  Day  or  Christmas  Day.  the 
Employees  shall  be  compensated  at  the.  rate  of  time  and  one-half  in 
addition  to  the  regular  day's  pay. 

TUGS  ENGAGED  IN  DOING  MUD  TOWING 

Captains     $245.  per  month  and  board. 

Engineers    235.  per  month  and  board. 

Pilots  or  Mates,  required  to  navigate  the 

boat    206.  per  month  and  board. 

Assistant  Engineer 206.  per  month  and  board. 

WORKING  CONDITIONS 

a.  Boats  to  be  operated  twenty-four  (24)  hours  per  day. 

b.  Six  (6)  days  shall  consttute  a  week's  work. 

c.  One  week's  vacation  with  pay  shall  be  allowed  each  Employee 
who  has  been  in  the  service  of  the  Company  for  a  period  of  one  (1) 
year  or  more. 


If  the  boat  is  operated  on  her  seventh  (7th)  day,  the  crew  is  to 
receive  a  full  day's  pay  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half. 

If  the  boat  is  delayed  a  few  hours  on  her  seventh  (7th)  complet- 
ing her  sixth  (6th)  day's  work,  the  crew  shall  be  compensated  for  the 
actual  hours  worked  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half. 

If  board  is  not  furnished  by  the  Employer,  85c  per  day  in  lieu 
thereof  for  six  (6)  days  qt  seven  (7)  days,  if  the  Employee  does  not 
receive  his  day  off,  Khali  be  allowed  each  Employee. 

If  the  boat  is  operated  on  New  Year's  Day,  Decoration  Day,  Fourth 
of  July,  Labor  Day,  Thanksgiving  Day  or  Christmas  Day,  the  Em- 
ployees shall  be  compensated  at  the  rate  of  time  and  one-half  in 
addition  to  the  regular  day's  pay. 

Time  in  excess  of  six  (6)  days  per  week  shall  be  compensated 
at  the  following  rates: 

Monthly        Daily    Daily  Rate  at    Hourly  Rate 
Rate  Rate    Time  and  ^  at  Time  and  i^ 

Captains    $245 $9.40 $14.10 $1.18 

Engineers    235 9.00 13.50 1.13 

Pilots    or     Mates     re- 
quired to  operate  the 

boat    206 7.90 11.85 99 

Asst.  Engineers 206 7.90 11.85 99 

Boats  operating  twenty-four  (24)  hours  on  twelve  (12)  hour  shifts 
will  be  considered  two  crewed  boats  and  crew's  wages  and  working 
conditions  will  be  the  same  as  on  single  crew  boats. 

This  board  shall  have  no  authority  to  pass  upon  the  question  of 
open  or  closed  shop,  or  the  recognition  of  unions;  but  there  shall  be 
no  discrimination  of  any  kind  against  union  men,  and  the  Board  shall 
have  power  to  determine  the  questions  of  discrimination,  and  pending 
the  decision  of  said  Board,  work  shall  continue  uninterruptedly. 

This  Wage  Scale  and  working  conditions  shall  be  effective  from 
March  1,  1920,  and  shall  remain  in  force  until  December  31,  1920. 

It  is  hereby  agreed  that  this  Board  of  Arbitration,  having  an  equal 
number  of  representatives  of  Employers  and  Employees  shall  meet 
at  the  call  of  the  chairman  to  hear  complaints  and  adjust  grievances 
from  all  parties  affected  by  the  above  award. 

The  full  board  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

For  Engineers  For  Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots 

THOS.  B.   HEALEY  WILLAM  A.  MAHER 

JAMES  MORA.N  WM.  LEWIS 

JAS.  A.  SHEEHAN  HERBERT  S.   MILLER 

WILLIAM   H.  LEADLIE  WM.  H.  HEALEY 

JOHN   J.   TAIT  A.  C.   HOWELL 

For  Employers 
FREDERICK    A.    RUSSELL 
J.  A.  REICHART 
FRED  B.  DALZELL,  Jr. 
WALTER  S.  SMITH 


6^^ 


A  SMALL  PRIMER 


OF 


FIRST  PRINCIPLES  OF 


UNIONISM 


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These  days  we  find  millions  of  people  enrolled 
in  unions,  paying  dues,  carrying  union  cards. 
They  believe  they  are  Union  Men.  They  are  good 
hearted  people,  they  mean  well,  but  no  one  has 
taught  them  what  the  true  meaning  of  the  term 
"Union  Man"  should  stand  for.  There  was  a 
time  when  there  were  more  "Union  Men"  than 
there  are  at  present,  although  the  enrollment  was 
smaller.  Why  is  this?  It  seems  there  were  so 
many  new  men  taken  into  unions  so  fast,  especially 
in  the  war  years,  that  there  was  no  time  to  educate 
them  in  the  principles  of  Unionism. 

Now  there  are  many  who  have  been  members 
several  years  and  have  peculiar  ideas  of  what  a 
Union  Man  should  be.  This  condition  has  been 
taken  advantage  of  lately  by  faker,  sell-out  gang- 
ster, and  scabby  so-called  leaders,  to  lead  their 
bewildered  followers  down  the  path  of  out-right 
scabbery ;  and  they  have  even  given  a  certain 
respectability  to  finking  by  their  actions  as  leaders. 
The  members  of  some  of  these  unions  believe 
their  leaders  are  O.K.  and  are  so  ignorant  of  true 
trade-union  principles  that  they  do  not  know  scab- 
bery and  finkery  when  it  is  right  before  their  eyes, 
and  they  are  being  made  a  party  to  it. 

This  is  an  appalling  state  of  affairs  and  is  the 
reason  why  we  feel  someone  has  to  write  a  Small 
Primer  of  First  Principles  of  Unionism ; — so  that 


a  man  with  a  Union  Book  can  know  what  his 
responsibihties,  duties  and  benefits  are. 

We  are  not  going  to  write  a  history  of  unions. 
Suffice  it  to  say  they  were  first  organized  many 
years  ago.  Workers  found  that  by  banding  to- 
gether they  could  obtain  more  from  their  employer 
than  they  could  by  dealing  with  their  employers 
individually.  It  has  been  proven  down  through 
the  years  that  the  workers  benefit  by  collective, 
cooperative  effort.  It  was  found  necessary  to 
make  certain  rules  of  conduct  in  order  to  present 
a  front  of  solidarity  against  the  employers,  so  they 
could  successfully  negotiate  reasonable  wages  and 
conditions.     Some  of  these  are : 

First,  you  join  the  Union. 

Then  you  pay  some  dues.  These  are  necessary 
to  pay  for  rental  of  halls,  the  officials  who  repre- 
sent you,  and  to  take  care  of  volume  of  business. 
Your  Union  needs  funds  to  operate  and  pay  death 
benefits,  strike  benefits,  etc, 

A  good  Union  Man  keeps  his  dues  paid  up, 
and  is  always  in  good  standing  whenever  possible. 
Most  unions  have  their  members  take  an  oath 
that  they  will  not  scab.  This  loyalty  is  necessary 
to  preserve  the  solid  front  in  all  fights  the  Union 
engages  in  with  the  employers.  A  scab  or  deserter 
from  the  ranks  is  considered  a  horrible  creature, — 
deserting  his  fellow  workers  at  the  time  of  their 
most  desperate  need.  For  personal  and  private 
reward  he  helps  the  enemy  against  his  own  kind. 


From  the  day  the  first  Union  or  Guild  was  organ- 
ized, a  scab  has  been  considered  the  lowest  form 
of  animal  Hfe. 

To  walk  in  and  take  a  striking  worker's  place 
is  scabbing.  No  other  word  for  it.  To  take  the 
bread  out  of  the  mouths  of  a  striking  worker's 
family  is  one  of  the  most  despicable  acts  a  human 
can  do.  This  scabbing  is  something  a  real  Union 
Man  will  not  do.  A  real  Union  Member  should 
be  a  man  of  principles,  who  lives  by  a  decent  code 
of  ethics  and  tries  to  be  a  good  citizen ;  he  helps 
cooperate  in  all  activities  that  promote  the  general 
welfare  of  all  the  people.  He  will  strive  to  get 
good  wages  for  all  in  his  own  industry  and  help 
others  to  do  the  same  in  other  industries.  There 
are  many  things  that  no  one  Union  can  do.  So 
unions  band  together  oftentimes  and  work  jointly 
on  issues  that  affect  labor  as  a  whole.  Thus,  we 
have  Central  Trades  and  Labor  Councils  in  the 
A.  F.  of  L.  and  C.I.O.  City  and  State  Industrial 
Union  Councils.  We  have  National  Federations 
of  Unions  that  work  nationally  for  the  benefit  of 
laboring  men  and  women  in  all  unions.  This  way 
a  Union  Man  helps  make  the  whole  nation  pros- 
perous and  fights  for  liberty  and  security  for  all 
people. 

A  Good  Union  Man  also  takes  an  interest  in 
politics, — and  examines  the  candidates  for  a  pub- 
lic office  with  a  critical  eye,  to  see  that  as  far  as 
we  can,  we  put  into  office  men  who  are  not  anti- 
labor,  and  who  are  genuinely  interested  in  bene- 
fitting the  community  as  a  whole. 


A  Good  Union  Man  is  democratic  and  believes 
in  justice  and  fair-dealing  to  all. 

He  should  take  an  interest  in  his  Union  and 
should  try  and  see  that  all  the  officers  are  able, 
honest,  intelligent,  and  should  vote  accordingly  in 
all  union  elections. 

He  should  be  alert  and  have  courage  to  fight 
any  attempts  of  gangsters  to  take  over  his  Union. 
If  gangsters  have  already  done  so,  he  should 
organize  among  the  rank  and  file  of  his  union  to 
overthrow  the  gangsters.  Look  at  the  gangster- 
goon-unions  in  the  maritime  field  today  as  an  ex- 
ample of  your  fate  under  the  control  of  such 
characters.  First  they  order  you  to  scab  on 
another  Union,  and  then  later,  after  they  achieve 
full  control,  they  will  sell  you  out  for  money  from 
the  employer.  They  will  work  it  two  ways,  as  is 
an  old  custom  with  gangsters.  They  will  extort 
money  from  the  employer,  also. 

A  Good  Union  Man  will  demand  that  he  be  a 
free  man :  that  he  have  democratic  rights ;  but  he 
will,  however,  submit  to  democratic  rule  of  the 
majority  by  democratic  vote. 

A  Good  Union  Man  will  serve  on  a  Committee, 
if  he  has  spare  time. 

A  Good  Union  Man  will  help  other  unions,  by 
supporting  them  in  all  their  strikes  and  struggles 
for  better  conditions.  They,  in  turn,  should  sup- 
port you. 


Charity,  of  course,  begins  at  home.  But  if  we 
can  afford  it,  we  should  help  any  union  on  strike 
that  needs  money,  by  sending  them  a  little  finan- 
cial help, — or  help  them  on  a  picket  line  to  make 
their  strike  effective,  if  you  have  a  little  spare 
time.  If  you  make  friends  this  way,  they  will 
remember  and  help  you  when  your  union  needs 
financial  and  physical  help.  It  has  been  done 
before  many  times.  Such  mutual  cooperative  ef- 
fort has  been  the  means  of  winning  many  strikes 
in  the  past. 

People  seem  to  be  forgetting  this  sort  of  thing 
lately.  Many  people  have  been  forgetting  the 
Golden  Rules  of  Unionism.  They  have  been  act- 
ing selfishly.  There  must  be  a  return  to  the  First 
Principles  of  Good  Unionism.  This  is  needed 
especially  by  members  of  the  gangster-controlled 
unions,  who  are  being  misled  daily,  into  raiding 
legitimate  unions  who  are  on  strike.  The  repu- 
tation of  members  of  these  unions  is  suffering, 
because  their  officials  are  so  lacking  in  union  prin- 
ciple and  honor. 

A  Good  Union  Man  will  not  cross  a  legitimate 
picket  line  put  up  by  a  legitimate  union. 

It  is  natural  for  employers  to  try  to  make  as 
much  profit  as  they  can,  and  to  pay  as  little  as 
possible  to  their  employees.  Where  there  is  no 
union,  or  where  a  union  has  been  smashed  by 
traitors  or  scabs  or  gangsters  or  by  the  police,  the 
employers  soon  take  advantage,  and  wages  and 
conditions  are  soon  dropped  very  low.  Unions 
are  practically  the  only  safeguard  a  worker  has 


in  order  to  keep  a  reasonable  standard  of  living; 
and  unions,  when  strong  enough,  will  be  the  main 
bulwark  in  guarding  the  democracy  of  our  country 
against  dictatorship. 

We  must  keep  our  unions  strong.  We  must 
band  together,  union  upon  union,  and  call  upon  all 
citizens  to  use  all  their  power  and  influence  to 
defeat  legislation  that  will  weaken  our  union, 
which  will  in  turn  lower  our  standard  of  living 
and  make  us  an  easier  prey  to  ruthless,  rapacious 
would-be  dictators,  who  are  always  lurking  just 
around  the  corner  in  any  country  they  can  take 
over. 

Let  us  not  forget  the  Taft-Hartley  Act.  Keep 
plugging,  keep  fighting,  keep  demanding  that  it  be 
repealed.  This  is  a  "must",  for  all  Good  Union 
Men. 

We  will  conclude  by  repeating  Jack  London's 
definition  of  a  scab : 

"After  the  Creator  had  finished  the  toad,  the 
rattlesnake  and  the  vampire,  he  had  some  awful 
stuff  left  over.  Out  of  this  was  fashioned  the 
scab.  A  scab  is  a  two-legged  animal  with  a  cork- 
screw mind  and  a  body  of  jelly  and  glue.  Where 
an  honest  man  has  a  heart  a  scab  has  a  tumor  of 
rotten  principles.  When  a  scab  walks  down  the 
street,  honest  men  turn  their  faces.  Angels  weep 
tears  of  sorrow  and  anguish,  and  the  Devil  slams 
shut  the  Gates  of  Hell,  for  fear  the  scab  should 
enter.  No  man  has  a  right  to  be  a  scab  as  long 
as  there  is  a  pool  of  water  deep  enough  to  drown 


his  body  or  a  rope  strong  enough  to  hang  him. 
As  compared  to  a  scab,  Judas  Escariot  was  a  gen- 
tleman. After  he  had  betrayed  his  cause  and  his 
friends,  he  had  character  enough  to  hang  himself. 
A  scab  hasn't." 

No  one  can  order  a  trade  unionist  to  scab. 
Fraternally  yours, 

M.E.B.A.,  Local  #33 


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